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WASTE MANAGEMENT NZ LTD

WASTE MANAGEMENT NZ LTD. CHANGING LANDSCAPE FOR NEW ZEALAND WASTE INDUSTRY. SUMMARY. Brief industry background Recent drivers for change Likely outcomes Responses by waste generators Opportunities for waste operators Next steps Considerations for tertiary sector.

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WASTE MANAGEMENT NZ LTD

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  1. WASTE MANAGEMENT NZ LTD CHANGING LANDSCAPE FOR NEW ZEALAND WASTE INDUSTRY

  2. SUMMARY • Brief industry background • Recent drivers for change • Likely outcomes • Responses by waste generators • Opportunities for waste operators • Next steps • Considerations for tertiary sector

  3. TRADITIONAL INDUSTRY DRIVERS • Un-separated collection • Low cost, landfills • Haul and bury waste disposal operators • Limited opportunities for profitable waste recovery • Limited private enterprise involvement • Few standards or targets, weak regulations,

  4. NEW DRIVERS • Higher landfill standards • Changing political/social/environmental demands • Sustainable development - resource recovery • Zero Waste • Kyoto • NZ Waste Strategy

  5. THE NEW LANDSCAPE • Disposal costs will increase > CPI • Sub standard landfills will close • New regulations, laws and national targets • Unbundled waste streams • Multi stream collection systems • Culture of reuse, recycle, recover etc • Business opportunities in waste recovery

  6. SOME CASE STUDIES • Landfill price scenarios: • Auckland, Tauranga, Canterbury • Waste recovery - Living Earth Ltd • Auckland, Wellington

  7. IMPLICATIONS FOR CUSTOMERS • Greater attention to waste alternatives • Unbundle waste streams • Requirement for hollistic waste solutions • Search for lower costs

  8. IMPLICATIONS FOR OPERATORS • Focus on total client solutions • Utilise core skills - materials handling, transport and waste processing • Identify partners that add skills • Invest in new technologies

  9. NEXT STEPS • Robust Government policy required • TLA waste policies lack teeth • National landfill standards defined • Recovery targets by waste stream agreed • Reliable national data on waste

  10. THE TERTIARY SECTOR • Major multi stream waste generators • Opportunities for cost and efficiency benefits from separating streams • Partner with waste operator for integrated solutions • Opportunities to pilot new technologies piloted • VCU compost machine trialled at Unitech, Akl

  11. WASTE MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSE • High environmental standards for landfill construction and management • Independent environmental audit • Business opportunities in unbundled collection • Invested in waste recovery businesses • NZBCSD

  12. WMNZ IN AUSTRALIA • Recent acquisitions • Niche market • Carefully focussed

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